Los Alamos Police Blotter: May 9–May 15, 2013
The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.
Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.
May 9 at 10:31 a.m. / A 53-year-old Los Alamos man in the 1300 block of San Ildefonso Road reported that he was the victim of larceny. The estimated loss is less than $2,500.
May 9 at 12:33 p.m. / A 53-year-old Los Alamos man reported a case of extreme cruelty to animals/torturing and criminal damage to property in the 300 block of Conejo. The matter is under investigation.
GARY BROWN
May 9 at 3:53 p.m. Read More
LAHS Students Place in Grand Awards Ceremony
LAHS Award winners from left, sophomore David Murphy, senior Holly Erickson, and freshman Coleman Kendrick. Courtesy photo
LAHS News:
All three Los Alamos High School students attending the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair earned Grand Award Places during the Awards Ceremony Friday May 17.
Holly Erickson, Coleman Kendrick and David Murphy competed at the ISEF last week in Phoenix against 1,400 students from 70 countries, provinces and states for $3 million in prizes and awards.
Holly Catherine Erickson, 17, Los Alamos High School, Project Titled; An Read More
Pajarito Reads: Local Sci-Fi Writer Carolyn Neeper Explores Creating a Sustainable Society
Column by BONNIE J. GORDONLos Alamos science fiction writer Carolyn Neeper has been contemplating and engaging in interspecies communication for many years.
As readers of her column in the Los Alamos Daily Post, “How the Hen House Turns“ know, Neeper is deeply involved with the animals in her life, be they skunks, dogs or turkeys. It doesn’t hurt that Neeper also is a microbiologist.
“We aren’t unique in our emotional responses,” Neeper said. “We exaggerate our uniqueness. We need to appreciate more that we’re simply a part of it all.”
Neeper has watched the Read More
Yang: Cooperate To Cheat … To Get A Good Grade, Or, To Learn?
Cooperate To Cheat … To Get A Good Grade, Or, To Learn?Here is an interesting read: https:////blogs.kcrw.com/whichwayla/2013/04/cheating-to-learn-how-a-ucla-professor-gamed-a-game-theory-midterm
To sum it up: An UCLA professor of Behavioral Ecology allowed his students to create their own rules for a midterm test. Instead of the usual closed-book test, he told his students a week in advance that they could bring to the test: notes, books, laptop, experts (if they could locate one or two in time), calling former students who had taken this test before … anything not in Read More
Los Alamos Choral Society Spring Concert May 26
Los Alamos Choral Society in rehearsal at United Church. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
LACS News:
To conclude its 70th anniversary season, the Los Alamos Choral Society is presenting its Spring Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, May at the United Church of Los Alamos.
The concert entitled “Encore! Favorites Through The Years” will include music from past performances; from the 1970s through the past decade.
Included in this program are:
- “How Can I Keep From Singing”, an American folk hymn arranged by Ronald Staheli,
- “Frostiana”, poems by Robert Frost set to music by Randall Thomson,
Isaac Hayden Memorial Service 3:30 p.m. Wednesday
LAHS News:
The Los Alamos High School Student Council is holding a remembrance service for Isaac Hayden at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 22 at the memorial garden at the high school.
“Isaac was a sophomore at LAHS who died back in March,” Student Body President-Elect Soumyo Lahiri-Gupta said. “The Los Alamos High School Student Council felt it right to have a remembrance service for Isaac at our memorial garden in order to make sure he is not ever forgotten at our school.”
The LAHS Student Council invites the public to attend this service. Read More
Los Alamos Kite Festival Underway at Overlook Park!
A giant blue bear floats above Overlook Park in White Rock during the Los Alamos Arts Council’s 16th annual Kite Festival Saturday. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Festival Kite Doc volunteer Dennis Ware of Roswell, left, works with Bruce Johnson of Albuquerque on his kite. Ware explained Johnson’s kite is a Cody Box Kite, which was originally intended for spotting artillery in wartime. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Denni Harris selects which markers to use to decorate her kite as her mother Morgan and brother Dash watch. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More
County Departments Phased Move To New Quarters Continues
Los Alamos County Municipal Building, 1000 Central Ave. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
The month of May is dedicated to moving nearly 150 employees into the new Los Alamos County Municipal Building downtown at 1000 Central Ave.
The 311 Customer Care Center will be one of the very last service areas to move to the new building; therefore, they will be the best resource to call (3-1-1 from a land line or 505-662-8333 from a cell phone) for questions about any of the departments. Within each department, at least one staff member has been Read More
Los Alamos ‘Ride of Silence’ Honors the Fallen
Los Alamos Police Ofc. David Boe joined other cyclists at Wednesday’s ‘Ride of Silence’ event that began at Ashley Pond. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Cyclists gather around Lili Cohen, center, local ‘Ride of Silence’ organizer, as she details the 7-mile ride they are about to take. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
Wednesday’s Los Alamos “Ride of Silence” drew some 30 cyclists who gathered at 6:30 p.m. at Ashley Pond were they formed a silent procession to honor cyclists who have been killed or injured while Read More
Public Invited to Join DPU Board for San Juan Chama Water Well Tour
DPU News:
The Department of Public Utilities is conducting a tour of proposed well sites for the San Juan-Chama Water Supply Project followed by public discussion, Thursday, May 23, at White Rock Town Hall, 133 Longview.
Visit proposed well sites and existing well sites to understand well characteristics and logistics associated with the proposed San Juan Chama test wells.
The DPU Board will convene at 5 p.m. White Rock Town Hall for the tour (public invited) and reconvene at 7:30 p.m. at White Rock Town Hall for public discussion.
For more information, contact Read More
Caring and Sharing at New Horizons
The two and three-year-old class on the playground at New Horizons Center. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Buddies eat lunch together at New Horizons Center. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comIt’s all about caring at New Horizons Center, a faith-based preschool and afterschool care center housed at White Rock Methodist Church. Children are taught to care for themselves, to care for each other and to care for the environment,” Center Director Darlene Tanski said.
“We serve the spiritual, social, emotional and intellectual Read More
Library Safety Improvement Project Underway
Construction to improve safety in front of Mesa Public Library is underway. The roadway between the two library parking lots is temporarily closed. Handicapped parking access will be moved to the Betty Ehart Senior Center next week to allow the contractor to work on the north side of the project area. Handicapped parking at the Senior Center is accessible from Bathtub Row. Pedestrians are urged to use the provided pedestrian pathways and to watch for construction activity. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
The roadway between Mesa Public Library’s two parking lots is temporarily Read More
Light Work on Knecht Street Thursday
Repairs were made to a tall streetlight on Knecht Street near Central Avenue Thursday afternoon. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Today is National Kids to Parks Day
BANDELIER News:
Color Explosion Underway at Pajarito Greenhouse
Pajarito Greenhouse owner Dave Fox gives his flowers, plants and vegetables a cool drink Friday. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Friday afternoon customers were snapping up flowers, plants and vegetables available in wide varieties at the Pajarito Greenhouse. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
Pajarito Greenhouse has provided the community with well-rooted, hardy plants in pots as well as gardening supplies for 18 years.
There are 234 combinations of plant species and colors packed into the Pajarito Greenhouse’s 3,600 square feet of display area. Read More
Sunrise at the Kite Festival Night Glow!
Sunrise at the Kite Festival Night Glow at Overlook Park in White Rock Friday evening. The Kite Festival is in full swing today. Photo by Jim Lujan Read More
LANL Public Information Meeting May 22
LANL News:
The public is invited to attend a meeting regarding a permit modification to the Los Alamos National Laboratory Hazardous Waste Facility Permit.
LANL is hosting the meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 22 in Fuller Lodge, 2132 Central Ave., in Los Alamos.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS), have submitted a Class 2 permit modification request to modify the LANL Hazardous Waste Facility Permit.
The modification supports increases in container storage capacity at the permitted units known as RANT located at TA-54-38, West Read More
LAHS Track & Field Team Competes at State Meet
Photo by Tanner Johnson
Photo by Tanner Johnson
Photo by Tanner Johnson
HILLTOPPER News:
The Los Alamos High School Track and Field Team is participating in the State Meet in Albuquerque this weekend.
Results so far:
| 100m | 12 | Dustin Lamar | 11.05a | NM | Rio Grande | |
| 200m | 12 | Dustin Lamar | 22.60a | NM | Rio Grande | |
| 400m | 11 | Tristen Foley | 50.04a | NM | Rio Rancho | |
| 800m | 12 | Alonzo Chavez | 1:58.24a | NM | Mora | |
| 1600m | 12 | Alonzo Chavez | 4:25.96a | NM | Mora | |
| 3200m | 12 | Sean Reardon | 9:28.74a | NM | Los Alamos | |
| 110mH-39″ | 12 | Dustin Lamar | 15.44c | NM | Rio Grande | |
| 300mH-36″ | 12 | Stephen |
Stakes Removed in White Rock and Reconfigured to Say No Well Drilling!
To express opposition to the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities’ proposed water well drilling plan in White Rock, someone removed survey stakes overnight and reconfigured them to read No Drilling! Courtesy photo Read More
SAN: Enjoy it, This Only Happens Once a Year…
SAN 2012 rubber ducky speed competition. Photo by Sal Zapien/ladailypost.com
YMCA News:
Los Alamos has a rich, public night life once a year, and local adults are being asked to be a part of it. Each year, volunteers help at a community-wide, downtown celebration for Los Alamos High School graduates known as Senior Appreciation Night or SAN.
Graduates tell us the event is the highlight of their year, and volunteers tell us it is a great time and they enjoy the festivities. SAN is in need of 13 community members or parents who are up for a few grins to help chaperone a few events with 2 or 3 hour shifts that Read More